Immigration

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A Mother’s Search

NewsTaco August 13, 2014

*The second part of a series by The Texas Observer and The Guardian. It takes the headlines and drapes them over immigrants’ personal stories of loss and struggle. VL By […]

Unaccompanied minors: How about some perspective

NewsTaco August 12, 2014

Did the Private Prison Lobby Kill Immigration Reform?

NewsTaco August 11, 2014

Beyond the border – Into the wilderness

NewsTaco August 7, 2014

*The first of a four-part report by the Texas Observer, in partnership with The Guardian. The report “looks at the lives impacted by the humanitarian crisis”  along the U.S. Mexico […]

A rancher on the border of fear and compassion

NewsTaco August 5, 2014

*A piece about U.S. border security from where it matters most. A rancher in deep South Texas writes about the difficult balance between compassion for immigrants and the fear of […]

At the border, a sharp rise in unaccompanied girls fleeing Honduras

NewsTaco August 1, 2014

*Parsing the numbers related to the undocumented minor “crisis” at the border, a new story emerges. VL By Jens Manuel Krogstad, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, and Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew research Center […]

KKK Joins Immigration Debate With Calls for “Corpses” on the Border

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*Terrible, beyond words. Thanks to Tex[t]-Mex: Seductive Hallucination of the “Mexican” in America and Maria Carla Sanchez for suggesting this article.  VL By Keegan Hankes, Southern Poverty Law Center With thousands of undocumented […]